12:00-1:00 CST/1:00-2:00 EST/11:00-12:00 MST/10:00-11:00 PST The deadline for National Conference proposals is fast approaching! Our presenters will help you think more strategically about your presentation options, writing, and content. This is an excellent opportunity to tap the experience of seasoned ACRL national conference leaders and organizers who can help you understand the art and science of developing a successful proposal.The session was moderated by Steven Bell, co-chair, Keynote Speakers Committee; Trevor Dawes, co-chair, Poster Session Committee; Erin Dorney, co-chair, Virtual Conference Committee; Marie L. Radford, co-chair, Contributed Papers Committee. The moderators have written winning proposals and served on previous National Conference committees responsible for selecting proposals.

Chat Log Archive

09:52 blendedlibrarian i have an opening statement to get things going - and thought we'd first throw out a few possible topics - and then open it up for what attendees would like us to cover - how does that sound

09:56 blendedlibrarian So, is there anyone here who wants to present at ACRL 2011?

10:18 zambellab How about "What would Ben Do? What Ben Franklin can teach us about inventing the library's future."

10:18 blendedlibrarian I like that

10:18 penrose_reference Nice!

10:18 rashford is there a place to see examples of successful proposals? that would be helpful-agree with Rebecca

10:18 Erin Dorney Don't go overboard with the theme-iness though... people should still be able to understand what you're generally going to cover

10:18 filarwilliams did I read online you can virtually present or just virtually attend?

10:18 Carissa Tomlinson I'm wondering how specific our topic can get? The Health Science Interest Group has a panel of nursing librarians, but the focus is on a topic that could apply to a variety of librarians

10:18 blendedlibrarian Keep it to just two Rocky references :)

10:19 Carissa Tomlinson because of the nature of the interest group, we'd like to include nursing or health science in our description, but at the same time be inclusive to others

10:19 blendedlibrarian If the only people who would be interested are nursing librarians - it's too specific for ACRL

10:28 blendedlibrarian harder for a paper - only 20 min - but should be able to do more for a panel

10:28 mmeszaro I see some overlapping between first 2 tracks. If we choose one track over the other, are we boxing ourselve in?

10:28 blendedlibrarian at last acrl we had panelists talk only 5 minutes each - all other time we invited attendees to share their views - we went out into audience and got them up to the mics

10:29 Erin Dorney for interactivity, you could pose questions to the audience, poll by a show of hands, utilize twitter or chat feeds to get feedback?

10:29 blendedlibrarian include ideas where attendees talk to each other

10:29 blendedlibrarian good idea dorney

10:29 rashford yes, twitter! :)

10:30 blendedlibrarian in one session video segments where librairans were inteviewed were shown - then attendees reacted to them

10:31 Erin Dorney if you present virtually, there's a built in polling feature - you can set them up before and then send them to the audience when it's the right time in your preso

10:31 Mariana@BrooklynCollege It often works well to ask a question at the beginning that gets people thinking about an issue

10:31 blendedlibrarian it can help to have a really good moderator who can get audience involved - if panelists just come to talk/present and not ready to engage with audience - there is no interaction - so consider the moderator role

10:31 Trevor A. Dawes mmeszaro: Not necessarily. If the proposal is strong (well written, catchy title, etc) and you said it was track A, it could be accepted and listed as track B.

10:32 millerlibrarian do you include the moderator role and a person in the panel prop?

10:32 mmeszaro thankee!

10:32 rashford like the idea of video segments-is the Internet connection typically strong enough at the ACRL conf to run youtube videos during a presentation or should they be hosted offline?

10:32 blendedlibrarian i don't think it's a bad idea to talk about how your moderator will engage the attendees - sort of like phil donahue

10:33 Erin Dorney video would work very well for a virtual presentation! :)

10:33 blendedlibrarian no need for internet connection for video - wouldn't depend on that - you can capture and embed in slides - or use flip camera to capture right off your monitor screen

10:33 denisegaro so for a panel there's 3-5 plus the moderator

10:33 blendedlibrarian then embed flip video in your ppt

10:34 rashford okay, thanks, good to know about video offline

10:34 blendedlibrarian again - no hard and fast rules on size of panel - start first with the content - how many do you need to deliver - may be just three - but if you have a moderator - make that a fourth person

10:34 Erin Dorney for panels, I think 4 total is a good number 3 panelists and 1 moderator

10:34 Trevor A. Dawes it could be 3 - 5, including the moderator. Think more about the substance and how much time you have (60 mins) to present the ideas; how much interaction, etc. The content is more important

10:34 blendedlibrarian yeah - video is good - put that in your proposal - how u will use video to create a more dynamic presentation

10:35 blendedlibrarian Great discussion folks - thank you for your ideas - do we want to talk about the learning objectives - always a challenge

10:35 penrose_reference Yes!

10:35 rashford yes, learning objectives - thx

10:36 denisegaro thanks!

10:36 aasher thanks fo rthe ideas

10:36 mmeszaro please. not sure how a provocative position paper packs in learning objectives

10:36 blendedlibrarian first thing - don't write "they will understand..." no way of knowing how that happens - but action verbs are really important

10:37 blendedlibrarian going off to get a few objectives from a proposal for examples back in a minute

10:38 blendedlibrarian Ok here are three

10:38 blendedlibrarian Recognize the characteristics and qualities of those who have presence in order to isolate and work on internalizing them as individuals

10:38 blendedlibrarian can only do one at a time i think

10:39 blendedlibrarian really important to have "in order to" - advice from deb gilchrist - expert at writing learning objectives

10:39 blendedlibrarian Learn how to establish presence across a variety of situation including meetings, interviews, talks with faculty and administrators, professional programs and more

10:39 blendedlibrarian questions about these objectives - other suggestions

10:40 iowakap assume that a few excellent attainable objectives are better than lots

10:41 Andrea Do the proposals need to include 3 objectives?

10:41 blendedlibrarian for the acrl proposals you need to come up with three learning objectives - just three as I recall

10:41 iowakap thaks

10:41 blendedlibrarian again - action verbs really important to start with

10:41 blendedlibrarian i have a guide for writing objectives that i always refer back to - interested folks can email me later and i'll share it with you.

10:42 blendedlibrarian other tips for writing learning objectives

10:43 rashford this chat log will be available afterward, is that correct?

10:43 David Free yes, the transcript will be available by end of tomorrow

10:44 blendedlibrarian to best of knowledge acrl doesn't make old proposals available but that is being considered - a frequent question

10:44 Erin Dorney Presenting virtually is fairly simple, and improves from year to year. It might be a good option for people who don't have the funding to travel.

10:44 blendedlibrarian maybe you know someone who did get a paper accepted - and you can ask him/her to share it with you

10:45 Lorianne_Ouderkirk One tip is to look at learning objectives from booklets of past conferences you attended, or a colleague has.

10:45 rashford and did I understand that there could be a panel presentation in Philly that is also shared virtually?

10:46 blendedlibrarian again - getting accepted is always a bit dependent on who is on the reviewing committee - what worked before - might not resonate with a new group

10:46 blendedlibrarian so basing you proposal on an old one - might work against you - have confidence in your message and how you write it

10:46 Erin Dorney at this time there is no plan to stream physical sessions to the virtual conference

10:46 Andrea Question regarding the target audience and a topic for consideration. (I have never attended before.) Do you think focusing on online instruction for credit-bearing courses would be well-accepted/attended?

10:46 Erin Dorney we're working on trying to do this for the keynote speakers at least, but it has yet to be determined for sure

10:46 blendedlibrarian if you are not sure - ask a colleague to read your proposal -

10:46 rashford okay, thx

10:47 Erin Dorney the physical sessions wont be live streamed, but they will all be recorded to be uploaded later

10:47 Erin Dorney and access to that is available to anyone registered for the conference or virtual conference (but they wont be live, just available to watch later)

10:47 blendedlibrarian any instruction topic could be good - but keep in mind - very popular topic - again - what distinguishes your proposal?

10:48 iowakap including workshops-uploading afterwards?

10:48 rashford will the uploaded sessions be accessible by all? ...oh, just saw answer, only to those who registered...even after a certain period of time? never avail to public?

10:48 Andrea Changing from passive learning online to active learning in terms of using user-generated content.